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Marquardt to detail firing cause at 1:00 PM
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<p>Nate Marquardt was fired on Saturday, just 24 hours before his main event at UFC on Versus 4, for failing over a six week period to provide the Pennsylvania SAC with some medically related requirement for him to fight. The nature of the requirement is pretected by federal HIPAA rules, and not definitively known at this point. Nate Marquardt's spokesman <a href="http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/6/28/2248300/nate-marquardt-needs-better-pr-advice" target="_blank">reveals why</a> Marquardt has taken to long to respond.</p>
We weighed all the options and presented them to Nate. We felt it was better to wait until he was comfortable. He'd just been fired. He lost a huge pay day. We wanted to respect his wishes and give him time to collect himself. He needed time to talk to his family and to inform his coaches and teammates. He'll tell the whole story today.
At 1 p.m. ET the former middleweight number one contender will breaks his silence on the MMA Hour. Updates will be provided here on the UG.
Dana pretty much said the balls in his court and he has to come clean on what he did to even get a slight chance of coming back. So he's got two choices, come clean and tell all publicly(basically kiss Dana's ring and humble himself) or retire because where can he go and make good money?
Ok, I'll reluctantly fall for this bs again and tune into the mma hour to hear what he has to say, but this is it. If he goes on there and beats around the bush and doesn't really say much of anything, then that's it. As the UG is my wittness I will never click on a Nate thread or article ever again. It's now or never Nate, this is your last chance, better make it good.
This'll be one of those big "unanswered" controversies unless a 3rd party with proof says what happened. I'm pretty sure if Nate would admit he took something and purposely didn't get medical clearance if it was available, Dana could actually sue him one way or another. He will fight in the UFC again, they've been negotiating what he'll admit to and how I'm sure. We'll never know every little detail of what he did and that sucks because we were the ones paying to watch him fight. Fuck him.
BobbyFromSTL - Ok, I'll reluctantly fall for this bs again and tune into the mma hour to hear what he has to say, but this is it. If he goes on there and beats around the bush and doesn't really say much of anything, then that's it. As the UG is my wittness I will never click on a Nate thread or article ever again. It's now or never Nate, this is your last chance, better make it good.
Yeah hope he does it-- Nate really cherishes you as a fan <img src="/images/phone/post_tag.png" alt="Phone Post" border="0" style="vertical-align:middle;"/>
I'm sure you're right, and Nate doesn't care if I pay him any attention or not. But that doesn't change how I feel. I wont be protesting all Nate news for his sake, but for my sake.
soldierdad5417 - This'll be one of those big "unanswered" controversies unless a 3rd party with proof says what happened. I'm pretty sure if Nate would admit he took something and purposely didn't get medical clearance if it was available, Dana could actually sue him one way or another. He will fight in the UFC again, they've been negotiating what he'll admit to and how I'm sure. We'll never know every little detail of what he did and that sucks because we were the ones paying to watch him fight. Fuck him.
The fact that pr people and lawyers and such have gotten involved tend to make me believe that Nate will not just come out and be open and honest like we all want him to be. He'll spew some half truths and maybe even a few bald faced lies. Everything he will say is likely to be gone over and rehearsed dozens of times with pr people and lawyers.
Lorenthz - When is this, from now? Im in europe and cant get the time difference right, ever...
The show that is going to be one starts in about 15 min I believe. I don't know how long the show will be on for before Nate comes on it though?
arielhelwani Ariel Helwani And btw, @nathanmarquardt will be our first guest, so if you are interested in hearing his story, tune in at 1 pm ET -- http://ow.ly/5s3Gn
